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[[Category: Germanic languages]] | [[Category: Germanic languages]] | ||
{{Infobox language | |||
|name = Northeadish | |||
|nativename = Druðþþᵫ̄ðeſc / Druþýðesk | |||
|pronunciation = /drʊθ.'θy:ðɛsk/ | |||
|creator = BenJamin P. Johnson | |||
|setting = Bohemia, Bavaria, and places with cheese. | |||
|date = 2000 - present | |||
|familycolor = Indo-European | |||
|fam1 = [[w:Indo-European_languages|Indo-European]] | |||
|fam2 = [[w:Germanic_languages|Germanic]] | |||
|fam3 = [[South_Germanic_languages|South Germanic]] | |||
|script = [[Northeadish#Alphabet_.26_Pronunciation|Northeadish Alphabet]] (Standard Literary Alphabet), [[w:Latin script|Latin script]] (Reform Alphabet) | |||
}} | |||
Northeadish is a Germanic language which, while similar to [[North_Germanic_languages|North]] and [[West_Germanic_languages|West Germanic]] languages due to many areal similarities, does not belong to either of these branches. The name “Northeadish” is a compound of ‘north’ and ‘thead’ (an ancient word referring to a folk or people). A late sound change ([[metathesis]]) in the language caused the word ''*nurþ'' ‘north’ to become ''*nruþ'', which, being difficult to pronounce, corrected itself through a process of stop-insertion (becoming ''*n̩druþ''). Later still, the nasal component of word-initial pre-nasalized stops (all of which occur only because of this process) were deleted, leaving present-day ''druðþ''. A similar process occurs with other Germanic words such as ‘morning’ (''*murganaz'' → ''mrugan'' → ''m̩brugan'' → ''brugɴ''). | Northeadish is a Germanic language which, while similar to [[North_Germanic_languages|North]] and [[West_Germanic_languages|West Germanic]] languages due to many areal similarities, does not belong to either of these branches. The name “Northeadish” is a compound of ‘north’ and ‘thead’ (an ancient word referring to a folk or people). A late sound change ([[metathesis]]) in the language caused the word ''*nurþ'' ‘north’ to become ''*nruþ'', which, being difficult to pronounce, corrected itself through a process of stop-insertion (becoming ''*n̩druþ''). Later still, the nasal component of word-initial pre-nasalized stops (all of which occur only because of this process) were deleted, leaving present-day ''druðþ''. A similar process occurs with other Germanic words such as ‘morning’ (''*murganaz'' → ''mrugan'' → ''m̩brugan'' → ''brugɴ''). | ||